1. At the request of the operators concerned, the securities related to import rights and import licenses lodged pursuant to Articles 3(2) and 4(4) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2078, respectively, shall be released under the condition that the import rights or licenses have been used only partially or not at all by 31 December 2016.
2. The securities referred to in paragraph 1 shall be released proportionally to the import rights and licenses which have not been used by 31 December 2016.